Canonical explains Ubuntu unfree video choice
Canonical is the first Linux shop to have agreed to license the codec in question, H.264 from MPEG LA. Even though Red Hat and Novell are also available for use on PCs, they have not licensed H.264.
View ArticleCanonical Needs to Tell Ubuntu Users How Much It Paid MPEG-LA for Patent...
Canonical ought to offer some form of disclosure about patent deals with the MPEG cartel
View ArticleGoogle Open Sources VP8 Video Codec, Packs It Into WebM Video Format -...
As you probably know, a Google I/O conference was held today and a lot of blogs said they will announce big things. And big it was: Google officially announced the release of an open source,...
View ArticleWebM applauded but doubts persist
Google's open sourcing of the VP8 codec as part of the WebM project has been applauded by companies and organisations around the world, but doubts persist about the code, the licence and patents
View ArticleVLC 1.1.0 Release Candidate supports WebM / VP8
The VideoLAN Project developers have issued a release candidate for version 1.1 of their popular VLC Media Player, adding support for the WebM / VP8 video format, extensions and a number of new codecs
View ArticleMozilla and Opera call for Google open codec in HTML5 spec
One week after Google open sourced its $124.6m VP8 video codec, Mozilla and Opera have called for its inclusion in the still-gestating HTML5 specification. As it stands, the HTML5 spec does not specify...
View ArticleGoogle to Make WebM GPL Compatible — Claim
Software patents FUD withstanding, the status of WebM as a Free/open source project is being actively addressed
View ArticleMozilla Says It’s Totally Fine to Ship VP8/WebM, or They Wouldn’t Ship It
Mozilla is not afraid of MPEG-LA and it will calmly support Google's new codec; perhaps so should everyone else
View ArticleThe Perfect Desktop - Fedora 13 i686 (GNOME)
This tutorial shows how you can set up a Fedora 13 desktop (GNOME) that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on...
View ArticleWho’s Supporting WebM on Linux?
A couple weeks ago, Google, along with a number of other groups, famously advanced the WebM codec as a supported video format for HTML5-enabled browsers, in an attempt to finally put forward a standard...
View ArticleAs Promised, Google Delivers GPL Compatibility and GNU/Linux Starts Embedding...
Why the next version of your Web browser, media player or GNU/Linux distribution will probably contain VP8/WebM code; Apple and MPEG-LA continue to be the main barriers to VP8/WebM adoption
View ArticleGoogle Engineer Calls Upon The Open Source Community for VP8 Codec Optimization
Google engineer John Koleszar asked the open source community for help optimizing the VP8 codec for the WebM project, Google's open source project for watching video online. In soliciting help,...
View ArticleHold The Celebrations; H.264 Is Not The Sort Of Free That Matters
While the "free for web use" claims for H.264 by MPEG-LA sound great and have deceived many commentators, they are nothing new and contain no good news for open source software.read more
View ArticleThe Perfect Desktop - Kubuntu 10.10
This tutorial shows how you can set up a Kubuntu 10.10 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on...
View ArticleUSDOJ opens anti-trust investigation of MPEG-LA
The Wall Street Journal reports MPEG-LA's statement to try to prevent Google's VP8 codec from spreading is the reason of the interest of the US Department of Justice.
View ArticleCanonical explains Ubuntu unfree video choice
Canonical is the first Linux shop to have agreed to license the codec in question, H.264 from MPEG LA. Even though Red Hat and Novell are also available for use on PCs, they have not licensed H.264.
View ArticleCanonical Needs to Tell Ubuntu Users How Much It Paid MPEG-LA for Patent...
Canonical ought to offer some form of disclosure about patent deals with the MPEG cartel
View ArticleGoogle Open Sources VP8 Video Codec, Packs It Into WebM Video Format -...
As you probably know, a Google I/O conference was held today and a lot of blogs said they will announce big things. And big it was: Google officially announced the release of an open source,...
View ArticleWebM applauded but doubts persist
Google's open sourcing of the VP8 codec as part of the WebM project has been applauded by companies and organisations around the world, but doubts persist about the code, the licence and patents
View ArticleVLC 1.1.0 Release Candidate supports WebM / VP8
The VideoLAN Project developers have issued a release candidate for version 1.1 of their popular VLC Media Player, adding support for the WebM / VP8 video format, extensions and a number of new codecs
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